658 Messrs. Ogilvie-Grant and Reicl on Birds 



/. [cJ.] Tadejeraulka, S. Abyssinia, 5th Mar. No. 623. 



ff. ? . Filwa, S. Abyssinia, 8th Mar. No. 648. 



Iris brown; bill and legs black. 



Specimen / is the only male bird in fully adult breeding- 

 plumage. 



[The Siberian Pied Chat was found in great variety of 

 plumage throughout the journey, from the sea to the highest 

 plateau. It was the commonest of all the Chats. — A. E. P.] 



Saxicola somalica Sharpe, the type of which was obtained, 

 by Dr. Donaldson-Smith, now proves to be an immature 

 specimen of the rare S. vittata H. &. E., which breeds in the 

 plains of N.W. Turkestan and Cashmere^ and winters in N. W. 

 Arabia and Bogos Land. This is another of the many instances 

 of Indian species extending their range into Somaliland. 



148, Saxicola (enanthe. 



Saxicola cenanthe (Linn.) ; Grant, Ibis, 1900, p. 165. 

 a. S . Myeesa River, S. Abyssinia, 14th Mar. No. 670. 

 Iris brown ; bill and legs black. 



[The Wheatear was only observed a few times, on the 14th 

 of March, perching on stones. — A. E. P.] 



149. Saxicola isabellina. 



Saxicola isabellina Cretzschm.; Grant, Ibis, 1900, p. 166; 

 1901, p. 288. 



a. S ' Somadu, Somaliland, 13th Nov. No. 37. 



b. ? . Harrar, S. Abyssinia, 24th Nov. No. 99. 



c. ? . Katyinwaha, S. Abyssinia, 18th Dec. No. 254. 

 Iris brown ; bill and legs black. 



Wing. Tarsus. 

 in. in. 



Specimen a (No. 37) is an unusually large bird .. 4*0 TSS 



Specimen b (No. 99) 3-85 1-25 



Specimen c (No. 254) 365 1-05 



[The Isabelline Chat was widely distributed, but not found 

 on the higher elevations above 6000 feet. — A. E. P.] 



150. Saxicola deserti. 



Saxicola deserti Temm. ; Seebohm, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. v. 

 p. 383 (1881); Hawker, Ibis, 1899, p. 72. 



